Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Texting is a frustrating exercise for me at best and I don’t do Facebook at all, but I got an up close look at the power of both over the past week or so.We evacuated after partially winning the battle with the rapidly rising water and my daughter’s family joined the exodus with the knowledge that five feet of water was already flowing through their house.They returned to sadly confirm that they had indeed lost everything but their cars. As soon as the water was shallow enough, we made that heartbreaking wade through a lif...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. One of the most popular acts in Southeast Texas, the local acoustic duo known as Curse and the Cure will perform Wednesday, Sept. 13, at The West Bar and Grill in Beaumont; Thursday, Sept. 14, at Pine Tree Lodge in LaBelle; Friday, Sept. 15, at Luke’s Icehouse in Nederland; and Saturday, Sept. 16, at Texas Ave. Tavern in Bridge City. Entertainment for the week By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record It will be many weeks, possibly months, before things even return...
Now that the “real” National Football League season is under way, I kind of felt sorry for the season-ticket holders who had to endure a month of pre-season exhibition games which was part of the deal. Many of the players they were forced to watch are back at the car wash or slinging hash somewhere after their bubble of becoming an NFL player burst. But the 2017 season started off with a huge surprise as the world champion New England Patriots looked like butter under a hot knife as the Kansas City Chiefs beat them in eve...
WEST ORANGE-STARK over BRIDGE CITY—This is a classic cross-county rivalry between two district champions of last year. However the Mustangs posted a unblemished 16-0 record to win the state championship and the Cardinals would love nothing better than post a huge upset victory to start the weather-delayed season. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over WOODVILLE—The Battlin’ Bears have a great chance to get the 2017 season off on the right foot. The highly-rated Eagles will come to Bear’s Stadium Friday angry about their 30-22 l...
PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY AND ALL REPAIRS TO FLOOD DAMAGED HOMES IN BRIDGE CITY. THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE FOR THE PERMITS. HOMEOWNERS CAN PULL PERMITS IF DOING THE REPAIRS THEMSELVES. IF THEY ARE HIRING A CONTRACTOR, THEIR CONTRACTOR MUST OBTAIN THE PERMIT. CRITERIA FOR PULLING PERMITS: FLOOD ZONES B & C– We can issue a permit as soon as you have treated for mold and the moisture content on your home has been checked either by a professional (with certificate given to homeowner) or by city inspectors at no charge to the h...
Born in Center, Texas, on May 23, 1933, Thermon Olen Eddins, son of Thomas and Ozell Eddins went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, September 4, 2017. He grew up in Honey Island, Texas. Upon graduation in 1951, he joined the United States Air Force where he worked in Physical Therapy. In 1954, he married Reba Inez Wallace. They lived in Austin, Texas where Thermon attended the University of Texas. They moved to Orange, Texas when he became employed with American Petro Fina as a process supervisor where he worked until...
Carmon Davis, 99 of Orange, Texas passed away September 8, 2017. She was born July 12, 1918 to the late Kitty Florence (Guise) and William Jackson Thomason in Warren, Arkansas. Carmon was a faithful member of the First Christian Church in Orange, Texas. She was preceded in death by Henry Alvin Hill, the father of her children and her daughter Annie Ruth Hill and her son Henry Bruce Hill, her late husband Jess Davis and her siblings Quinie Gardner, Uldean Ragar, Helen...
PHOTO: Tyler Carach travelled with his mother to from Florida to deliver supplies to first responders in Bridge City, Texas. Staff Report- For The Record In August last year, Tyler, 9, and his mother, Sheena Carach, were getting donuts and he saw four police officers. He asked his mother if he could use his allowance to buy them donuts. His mother agreed and the boy then decided he wanted to say 'thank you" to police officers and buy donuts for cops across the country. What...
PHOTO: A remediation worker at Orangefield High School pushes a bin of wet sheetrock to a dumpster Monday. (Photo by Dave Rogers) Orangefield ISD said Monday it should be ready for students to return on Monday, Sept. 25. The district's buildings received extensive flooding to approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of classroom space from Tropical Storm Harvey. A remediation contractor is working with the district to remove damaged materials, clean affected class space, and return the...
